Markus Bott

Markus Bott
Data
Birth Name	Markus Bott
Weight class	Cruiser weight
nationality	German
birthday	January 13, 1962
place of birth	Pforzheim
Combat Statistics
Struggles	33
Victories	28
Knockout victories	20th
Defeats	5

Markus Bott (born January 13, 1962 in Pforzheim ) is a former German boxer.

Life

Bott, who completed an apprenticeship as a painter and varnisher, learned boxing at SC Pforzheim and switched to Karlsruher SC in 1982 . The normal boom competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , but was eliminated in the second round after having a bye in the first round. 1985 "Cassius" Bott became vice European champion in Budapest . Three years later he won his first fight at the Summer Olympics in Seoul , but then lost to the eventual finalist Nurmagomed Schanawasow .

Bott became professional in 1989 and German heavyweight champion in 1990 by defeating Manfred Jassmann . In 1990 he challenged the Englishman Johnny Nelson for the European cruiserweight championship and lost by technical knockout in the last round, and his doping test for the use of amphetamines was positive. In 1991 he beat Ralf Rocchigiani on points, then went KO against the completely unknown British Michael Murray. The Briton was significantly heavier than Bott and was able to defeat the Pforzheimer prematurely in a dogged battle. Bott was clearly beaten several times, but fought against the physically superior opponent at least until the seventh round.

Seven of his next eight opponents had a negative match record, Bott defeated them each. As a reward received the boxer who at the time for boxing stable universe of Klaus-Peter Kohl was one, in February 1993 in Hamburg the chance against Tyrone Booze around the WBO boxing World Championship at cruiserweight. At that time he was coached by Enno Werle , who had replaced René Weller as coach Botts in early 1993 . Markus “Cassius” Bott managed to win a points in the fight, which was only transmitted in encrypted form live by the pay TV channel Premiere , which made him only the fourth German boxing world champion. Bott, who on the occasion of the fight in the Hanseatic city was referred to by the Hamburger Abendblatt as the “loud mouth from Baden”, was also the first world champion of the Universum boxing stable. However, the WBO was not yet one of the major associations at that time. Unlike Henry Maske , who became world champion shortly after him, Bott was relatively little noticed as a world champion in the German public.

Now an opponent was sought against whom he could defend his title. He was found in the Argentine Nestor Giovannini . Bott and the Argentine faced each other in June 1993 in the Alsterdorfer sports hall in Hamburg. Giovannini, who broke his hand early in the fight, was still too strong for Bott, who was weakened by a flu in preparation and pushed to the action, and won, as in the rematch five months later, by a point victory. After losing the world title, Bott was prepared for the rematch by the US-American Chuck Talhami instead of Enno Werle as before.

Bott, who was a cigarette smoker during his career as a professional boxer, resigned from competitive sports after this point defeat due to a detached retina . Due to financial difficulties at his security company , he attempted a brief comeback in 1998 at the age of 36. After four early wins, he lost to Lee Manuel Ossie by TKO and finally ended his career.

predecessor	Office	successor
Tyrone Booze	Cruiserweight Boxing Champion ( WBO ) February 13, 1993 - June 26, 1993	Nestor Giovannini

Success as an amateur

• German champion 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1988
• Winner of the Intercup 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1988
• Vice European Champion 1985
• Olympic participant in 1984 and 1988

Success as a professional

• German heavyweight champion in 1990 and 1991
• 1993 WBO world cruiserweight champion

Web links

Markus Bott in the BoxRec database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} "We fought for our women". The fight in Hamburg: Markus Bott is world champion. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. February 15, 1993, accessed October 13, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany: photo gallery - image 3 - boxing: the history of the Universum boxing promotion. Retrieved October 13, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Markus Bott: "Nothing goes in your pants" , Sport-Bild from February 10, 1993, p. 39
4. ↑ Joshua's compatriot owned the belts of WBA, IBF and WBC, at that time the WBO was not yet part of the illustrious circle. She has only been there since 2007. Since then, the undisputed champion has had four titles.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Stefan Reckziegel: Two-class society. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. June 25, 1993. Retrieved October 13, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Stefan Reckziegel: Fall of a boxing world champion. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. June 28, 1993. Retrieved October 13, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Mickey, Markus and Bugs Bunny. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. November 20, 1993. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .